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July 24th 2006
Hammerstein Ballroom A video package was shown, highlighting the best bits from Shockwave's previous 99 episodes which saw many faces come and go, titles change hands, and historic matches take place. As the cameras went live inside the Hammerstein Ballroom, the crowd gave a very welcoming reception to the returing Lance Storm who had Dawn Marie by his side once again. Jim Ross noted how it felt good to be back in New York, the city that gave birth to the GWA almost four years ago. Singles Contest » From locking up, Storm tripped Daniels onto his back and then attempted an armbar. Daniels pulled himself up by the ropes and tried a kick to release the hold, but Lance ducked under and hit a superkick. Lance covered Daniels but Danger put his foot on the ropes. Dawn and Danger began to catfight. Aries entered the ring, Daniels held Storm up, but Lance ducked and Aries clotheslined Daniels. Storm threw Aries out of the ring and pinned Storm for the win. Winner: Lance Storm Aftermath: Austin Aries rolled back into the ring to check on Daniels who couldn't believe that he had just lost to Lance Storm. Meanwhile, Lance Storm walked back up the aisle, slapping hands with his fans who were pleased to see him back. Aries picked Daniels up, but Daniels pushed Aries away. Aries had taken more than he was willing to and turned back to Daniels and pushed him back to the joy of the crowd. Daniels attempted a right hand but Aries ducked under, kicked Daniels in the ribs and hit the Devil's Drop brainbuster. The crowd erupted! Aries rolled out of the ring and left Daniels laying as Danger checked on her man. It seemed that The Oracle was no more. Backstage: The World Heavyweight Champion was backstage, and just as Lance Storm had just moments earlier, Randy's confidence had returned thanks to his actions last week. Randy said that what happened last week reminded him of who he was. He was the Legend Killer, he was the World Heavyweight Champion, and he is Randy Orton, and that's something to smile about. Last week he said, Joe was put down in his rightful place, and come CyberSlam, he'll put him away for good. As for tonight, Randy said that he's beat RVD before, and tonight will be no different! Submission Contender's Match » As they had originally planned, Jericho and Angle both approached Benoit and pinned him back into the corner. Like a caged animal, Benoit struck out at both Angle and Jericho, trading rights between the two of them. Jericho then got in a kick to the ribs, and Angle hit a belly-to-belly throw, sending him across the ring. Jericho took a chair from ringside and hit a couple of shots across Benoit's back, softening him up for the Walls. Angle removed his singlet straps. » Angle took hold of Benoit's ankle, but Jericho pushed him away and began the to lock on the Walls of Jericho. As Jericho turned Benoit over, Angle struck him with a forearm from behind and ejected him from the ring. As Angle turned back around, Benoit ducked under and hit a huge German Suplex. Angle tried to reach the ropes, but Benoit took him down into the Crossface, and before Jericho could come to his aid, Angle reached his limit and tapped out to Benoit. Winner: Chris Benoit Backstage: As soon as Rob Van Dam came onto screen, the crowd's cheers inside the Ballroom almost blew the roof off. Rob said that it felt good to be in his home away from home, in a building where he had been very successful in the past. He said that his success would carry forward because after he defeats Orton tonight, he'll be able to steak his claim to the Undisputed C4 Championship! Singles Contest » Mysterio stepped through the ropes and was met by Liger who began to hit elbows to the back of his head, and then a stiff kick sending him back out of the ring. Before a mugging could take place, as soon as Mysterio got back to his feet he struck out at KENTA and rolled back into the ring. Liger shoved Rey into the corner, hit several kicks before finishing with a jumping reverse kick, knocking Mysterio off his feet. Liger tried a dropkick, but Mysterio slid out the ring. » Rey jumped onto the apron and then springboarded from the top to drop a legdrop across the back of Liger's neck. Rey whipped Liger across the ring and met him with a running clothesline in the corner, followed by a running Bulldog. KENTA got up onto the apron, but Rey dropkicked him down. Liger ran up behind Mysterio, but Rey turned and with a drop toe hold, sent him into position for the 619. As Rey ran the ropes, KENTA caught him with a shoulder tackle. Winner by Disqualification: Rey Mysterio Aftermath: With KENTA and Liger still beating on Mysterio, Steve Austin's music hit and the owner of the company made his way down to the ring. Steve ordered that KENTA and Liger stop. Steve said that he was glad to have such amazing athletes such as them on his roster, but was sick of never seeing a match end fairly, so he made a match at CyberSlam between KENTA and Mysterio. He then said that if he ever saw these three get in contact with eachother unless in a sanctioned match, he would send them packing faster than they could say chopstick! Backstage: Global Tag Team Champions, the Dudley Boyz stood silenced looking into the camera. Then when they part and walk away in seperate directions, they revealed two tables that had been set up against the walls, each with the names of Spanky and Paul London spray-painted on. Inside the Arena: The GWA Junior Grand Prix Champion made his way down to the ring, but only made it half way down before he was jumped by Jamie Noble who had followed him through the entrance. Noble had a dog collar around his neck with a chain attached to it, and he used the chain to whip Styles and then choke him. Noble wrapped the chain around Styles' neck and almost hung him over the top rope, choking the life out of him as referees tried desperately to release him. Noble finally let go of Styles, but he wasn't finished yet. Noble rolled Styles into the ring, wrapped the chain around hist fist, and then went to work on Styles' forehead, opening up a wound. With Styles rolling around the ring, face covered with his own blood, Jamie Noble took a mic and attempted to explain his actions to a stunned crowd. Noble said that he had never recieved his rematch for the title, and when he found out that Liger would also get a shot at CyberSlam, it sent him over the edge. So thanks to the clause in his contract, he announced his one-on-one rematch for the Junior Grand Prix Championship that would take place next week, and would be a Dog Collar Match! He ended by saying that the green colour of envy may be ugly, but seeing the red colour of Styles' blood was the most beauitful thing he'd ever seen! Non-Title Singles Contest » From the lock-up, Randy hit an armdrag, but Rob got straight back up and ran into another armdrag. Once again, Rob rolled back up but this time stalled himself and dropkicked Randy who was in position to hit another armdrag. As Randy rolled out of the ring, Rob jumped over the top rope and suicide bomb landing on Randy. Rob rolled Randy onto the apron, jumped onto the guard rail and spinning legdrop, across Randy's neck, knocking him back out of the ring. » After rolling Randy back into the ring, Rob jumped up to the top rope for a Frogsplash, but Orton pushed the referee into the ropes, knocking Rob down. With the referee down, Randy grabbed a chair from ringside and was about to use it, when suddenly Samoa Joe appeared from the crowd. Randy brushed him off, turned back into the ring and had the chair kicked back into his face by Van Dam. Rob again went to the top, hit the Frogsplash and got the pinfall. Winner: Rob Van Dam Aftermath:Rob Van Dam rolled out of the ring and celebrated in with the fans as Randy slowly came to and realised that he had been pinned. Samoa Joe took hold of the World Championship, walked into the ring and dropped the belt across the chest of Randy Orton. Randy held onto the title as tight as he possibly could as Joe looked down with a sick, sadistic smile across his face. Backstage: Back in Steve Austin's office, Steve was sitting behind his desk rubbing his bald head as Kurt Angle and Chris Jericho argued back and forth with eachother about the outcome of their match against Benoit. Having heard enough, Steve Austin stood up and slammed his fists down onto the desk and shouts at the top of his voice, telling the two to shut up! "Shut up! Shut up! I don't want to hear anymore of this crap coming out of your mouths. You two had a job to do and you screwed it up! You're both pathetic pieces of garbage and I should throw you out of his building right now. Truly, I couldn't give a rat's ass about either one of your quests for the title, I just wanted you two to make Benoit tap out like a bitch, but you couldn't do that could you? So this is what I'm going to do, you two are going to have another match. And this match is going to take place at CyberSlam, and your opponents will be eachother. For all I care you two can beat eachother to the death, but for now, get the hell out of my sight!" Global Tag Team Championships » The challengers came out from the entrance, but were jumped from behind by the champions with their belts. Bubba threw Spanky straight into the steel guard rails as London was rammed head first into the steel steps, busting him open early. D-Von slammed Paul onto the announce table, climbed up onto the steps and attempted an elbow drop, but London rolled away leaving D-Von to crash through the table. Bubba slid Spanky out of the ring, landing on London. » Bubba snapped up a chair and drilled London with it, opening up his wound even more. In the ring, D-Von set Spanky up for a Inverted DDT, but Spanky rolled through and countered with Sliced Bread #2! Bubba broke up the cover and quickly hit Spanky with the Bubba Bomb. Bubba raised his arms in victory, but a bloody London was on the apron, and he springboarded off with a hurricanrana, but hooked Bubba's legs to get the cover, and get the three count! Winners, and new Global Tag Team Champions: The Hooliganz Aftermath: The referee handed the title belts to Spanky and Paul London, and the reality kicks in and tears begin to run down their faces. The two hug in the middle of the ring because they finally have the belts again that prove they are the best team in the business today. But the night wasn't over yet because the Dudleyz had set out to do a job, and they weren't going to leave New York until they had done it. Bubba Ray and D-Von jump the Champions from behind, and set up one of the tables in the middle of the ring. Spanky was thrown over the top rope as D-Von Dudley sprays the table with lighter fluid and ignited the table. D-Von then sent London into the ropes and together with Bubba, they performed the 3D through the flaming table. Medics ran down to the ring to check on London as the Dudleyz left, laying the titles over the fallen Champions.
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